Chinese symbol for “pilgrimage”
朝拜
cháo bài
to worship; to make customary deferences to; a pilgrimage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pilgrimage is 朝拜 (cháo bài), defined as: to worship; to make customary deferences to; a pilgrimage.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 朝拜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 王朝 | wáng cháo | dynasty |
| 朝廷 | cháo tíng | court; imperial household |
| 明朝 | míng zhāo | tomorrow morning; the following morning |
| 朝阳 (朝陽) | cháo yáng | to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun |
| 朝着 (朝著) | cháo zhe | towards |
| 崇拜 | chóng bài | to worship; adoration |
| 礼拜 (禮拜) | lǐ bài | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week |
| 拜托 (拜託) | bài tuō | to request sb to do sth; please! |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pilgrimage”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.